Sara d'Amato

Rich and warming but not forced, excessive or over extracted, the natural bounty of Rasteau is herein exemplified....

Megha Jandhyala, S.J.D

This is a warm and comforting southern Rhône blend. Cheerful, expressive notes of ripe plump, red berries, resinous...

Michael Godel

Rasteau by Lavau is warm and generous, as always and much aligned with the other Rhône wines in this company’s line....

David Lawrason

This is nicely broad, fairly soft and rich 50-50 grenache-syrah southern Rhone from Rasteau, one of the larger cru...

John Szabo, MS

Lavau's reliable Rasteau offers a broad array of very ripe, dark fruit flavours and savoury-garrigue herbal character...

Jason Solanki

The fragrant nose of medium-high intensity delivers lovely, perfumed aromas of dark berry, black cherry, black plum, peppery spice, and meaty notes with subtle whiffs of violet, floral, and oak. It's medium-full bodied with ripe, dark fruited flavours of black cherry, black plum, cassis, peppery spice, violet, meaty, and subtle wood. It's slightly spicy on the mid-palate and has fresh, lively acidity, along with smooth, ripe, refined, and lightly chewy and well-structured tannins. Lovely smoky mineral notes linger on the long-lasting, juicy finish. Tasted Jan. 2023. Score: 90+ pts

It's only wine but I like it

Another winner from Lavau. Tasted Oct 2023.

Lavau Rasteau 2019